Anonymous
03/23/2011 14:11
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Woolworths in Georgetown with parakeets in the basement (urban outfitters)
Circle theater in foggy bottom With their excellent double features for a dollar
Old Mexico clothing, powder and smoke, le sorbet- in Georgetown
Circle theater in foggy bottom With their excellent double features for a dollar
Old Mexico clothing, powder and smoke, le sorbet- in Georgetown
Anonymous
03/23/2011 12:16
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Whitman rugby coach John Haberman - what a gentleman (years 1974 to 1977 I was around). I hope you are well Mr. Haberman!!
Anonymous
03/23/2011 11:52
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Woodward & Lothrop
The Hecht Co.
Hechingers
Garfinkels
Raleighs
Lowen's Toy Store
AdCom Art Store
Peoples Drug
Dart Drug
Bradlees
Aimes
Roy Rogers Restaurant
Hot Shoppes Cafeteria
Hot Shoppes Jr.
Woolworths
Drug Fair
Kinney Shoes
G. C. Murphy
A&P
Pike Theater
J.C. Penneys in Congressional Plaza
Trav's Bar in Glen Echo
Loving Chevrolet
Hill & Sanders Ford
Bob's Famous Ice Cream
Swensons Ice Cream
The Petting Zoo at Wheaton Regional Park
The Tobogan Slide at Cabin John Regional Park
Free State Bank
Suburban Trust
Suburban Bank
Sovrain Bank
Chevy Chase FSB
Chevy Chase Bank
The Carousel at Great Falls National Park, GF, Va
Hey, OP, I finally opened the thread. I used to work at the Pike Theater. Next to Crown Books and the Jumbo grocery store. That has been a long time ago.
I remember the Pike Theater! Used to drive all the way from B-town if the show at the Baronett was lousy. Thanks for the memory!
Anonymous
03/22/2011 12:42
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but when the D.C. cops marched all the prostitutes down from their hangouts on 14th Street straight across the 14th St. Bridge into Virginia.
Does anyone else remember the Twin Bridges Marriott?
Does anyone else remember the Twin Bridges Marriott?
Anonymous
03/22/2011 12:34
Subject: I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Woodward & Lothrop
The Hecht Co.
Hechingers
Garfinkels
Raleighs
Lowen's Toy Store
AdCom Art Store
Peoples Drug
Dart Drug
Bradlees
Aimes
Roy Rogers Restaurant
Hot Shoppes Cafeteria
Hot Shoppes Jr.
Woolworths
Drug Fair
Kinney Shoes
G. C. Murphy
A&P
Pike Theater
J.C. Penneys in Congressional Plaza
Trav's Bar in Glen Echo
Loving Chevrolet
Hill & Sanders Ford
Bob's Famous Ice Cream
Swensons Ice Cream
The Petting Zoo at Wheaton Regional Park
The Tobogan Slide at Cabin John Regional Park
Free State Bank
Suburban Trust
Suburban Bank
Sovrain Bank
Chevy Chase FSB
Chevy Chase Bank
The Carousel at Great Falls National Park, GF, Va
Hey, OP, I finally opened the thread. I used to work at the Pike Theater. Next to Crown Books and the Jumbo grocery store. That has been a long time ago.
Anonymous
03/22/2011 12:31
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
When the Big Mac was first introduced. The box was so cool! Special sauce!
Anonymous
03/22/2011 08:24
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
When the price for a quality bag was $35/oz
Anonymous
03/22/2011 08:21
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Picking up blank student IDs at UDC (universty of the district of columbia) and typing in a more helpful birth date and glueing on my picture........
Anonymous
03/21/2011 07:51
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
When you could only buy gas on even days or odd days?
When you would pull in and top off your tank if you passed a station with a short line?
When locks started appearing on gas tank doors to prevent syphoning?
When the local school buses were always a source of gas in a pinch? Tie a rope to the syphon hose so you could drive off while pulling it out of both tanks and drop it along the road quick (just in case)...
When you would pull in and top off your tank if you passed a station with a short line?
When locks started appearing on gas tank doors to prevent syphoning?
When the local school buses were always a source of gas in a pinch? Tie a rope to the syphon hose so you could drive off while pulling it out of both tanks and drop it along the road quick (just in case)...
Anonymous
03/18/2011 12:16
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Emmylou Hariss and the Hot Band opening the Warner Theater in 1976. Broadcast on WHFS.
(Junior at Whitman that year - oh so hot for Penzy)
And I thought I was old. I was only in 9th grade in 1976. I remember sneaking out of school for the first earth day, maybe it was 1979?, to see Jackson Browne on the mall.
You ARE old! (I am just a little older.)
Anonymous
03/18/2011 11:51
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Emmylou Hariss and the Hot Band opening the Warner Theater in 1976. Broadcast on WHFS.
(Junior at Whitman that year - oh so hot for Penzy)
And I thought I was old. I was only in 9th grade in 1976. I remember sneaking out of school for the first earth day, maybe it was 1979?, to see Jackson Browne on the mall.
Anonymous
03/18/2011 11:42
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In 1969 before the Apollo 11 mission when gas stations have out sheets of perforated paper you could turn into lunar landers? I saved a stack of them in my mom's basement on Maiden Lane thinking they would be collectors items one day. They got tossed a decade or so ago.
Anonymous
03/18/2011 11:40
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When gas stations used to hand out steak knives (white handle) with a fill up. Remember $.35 a gallon? I still had one in my tool box until a few years ago.
Anonymous
03/18/2011 11:32
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:I like Billy
I like Sonny
The cover of Washingtonian with Joe Theisman's ex-wife holding a crumpled/torn picture of Joe. : )
Joe Thesman was such a cocky &&%$@@##!!! I could never stand to listen to him yammer on about how great he was. Turd of the extreme! I was behind him at a gas station once and he was pumping more gas into his Beamer with one hand as he was bouncing his car up and down with his other hand - like this is really gonna get more gas in the tank. Not only a turd, a stupid turd.
I, for one, enjoy watching replays of his injury (harsh, I know).
Anonymous
03/18/2011 11:27
Subject: Re:I grew up here and I remember .....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My favorite local musicians, bands......
Stanford Markley (Oh, Leena......)
Danny Gatton
The Nighthawks
Original Fetish Band
Mike Cotter and the Hansons (members du jour)
Tom Principato
Danny Gatton and the Fat Boys!!